Not the death of democracy – not even close

Contrary to the aphorism and what you’re seeing in America, things don’t fall apart, the centre nearly always holds.  

Despite what you read democracy did not end when a protesting mob upset at an election result forced their way into Congress. One QAnon idiot dressed in a Native American headdress like an outcast from the Village People is not a revolution or even an insurrection.  

Recline your seat and maybe reach for the cultural oxygen mask, as some of you seem to be hyperventilating. Maybe add one of those new-fangled social media we’re-only-here-to-help post-free speech warnings: ‘this moron is probably not a Native American or part of a 1970s disco tribute act — though he…